Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Walker http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/comment-page-1/#comment-53550 Mark Walker Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:33:28 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/#comment-53550 Here's how the big-screen TV ads look in Tokyo. I'm not saying I'm in favor of them. I'm just saying this is what they look like in Tokyo: http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/15/65-inch-digital-posters-catch-eyes-in-tokyo-train-station/ Here’s how the big-screen TV ads look in Tokyo. I’m not saying I’m in favor of them. I’m just saying this is what they look like in Tokyo:

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/15/65-inch-digital-posters-catch-eyes-in-tokyo-train-station/

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/comment-page-1/#comment-53535 ddartley Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:17:23 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/#comment-53535 Wow, that President Bush is really not a very good president, is he? Wow, that President Bush is really not a very good president, is he?

]]> By: dchadwick http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/comment-page-1/#comment-53522 dchadwick Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:22:45 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/#comment-53522 The MTA forcing video and other intrusive forms of advertising onto riders will not prevent fare hikes. It will just turn the subways into Bladerunner-style nightmares. I can only hope they all get vandalized as much as possible. The MTA forcing video and other intrusive forms of advertising onto riders will not prevent fare hikes. It will just turn the subways into Bladerunner-style nightmares. I can only hope they all get vandalized as much as possible.

]]> By: Josh http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/comment-page-1/#comment-53521 Josh Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:19:25 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/#comment-53521 Re. NY1 Article "MTA Plans to Introduce New Types of Ads in Subway Stations": I'm not a huge fan of advertising pervading our daily lives, but if it's a choice between that and a fare hike... bring it on, I guess. Re. City Room Article "Notices About Service Changes Befuddle Straphangers": Yeah, it's really not that complicated. You couldn't look at a map and think, "the train I'm on right now is going East at Hoyt-Schermerhorn, the G train I need to switch to will be going West, so I need to go over to the other platform"? How can you be a regular subway rider and yet be unable to ride the map? By the way, if the A is running local during these construction weekends, why does there need to be any "replacement" of the C by the F? The C is entirely redundant with local A service. Re. NY1 Article “MTA Plans to Introduce New Types of Ads in Subway Stations”:

I’m not a huge fan of advertising pervading our daily lives, but if it’s a choice between that and a fare hike… bring it on, I guess.

Re. City Room Article “Notices About Service Changes Befuddle Straphangers”:

Yeah, it’s really not that complicated. You couldn’t look at a map and think, “the train I’m on right now is going East at Hoyt-Schermerhorn, the G train I need to switch to will be going West, so I need to go over to the other platform”? How can you be a regular subway rider and yet be unable to ride the map?

By the way, if the A is running local during these construction weekends, why does there need to be any “replacement” of the C by the F? The C is entirely redundant with local A service.

]]> By: Ian D http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/comment-page-1/#comment-53515 Ian D Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:48:06 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/#comment-53515 RE; Glenn, above I remember not long ago when the story was about all the gas stations running out of the "1" because they were putting up prices of more than a dollar for the first time. I imagine that it won't be too long 'til we're reading the same story, because who has enough for $11.11/gal.? RE; Glenn, above

I remember not long ago when the story was about all the gas stations running out of the “1″ because they were putting up prices of more than a dollar for the first time.

I imagine that it won’t be too long ’til we’re reading the same story, because who has enough for $11.11/gal.?

]]> By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/comment-page-1/#comment-53513 Glenn Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:35:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/#comment-53513 As a symbol of our entire civilization's lack of preparation for peak oil, the NY Times brings us this classic piece on how gas stations are <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/nyregion/15four.html?ref=nyregion" rel="nofollow">running out of the number 4</a>: <blockquote>With regular gas in New York City at a near-record $4.40 a gallon, station managers are rummaging through their storage closets in search of extra 4s to display on their pumps. Many are coming up short. The missing digits are an unanticipated barometer of how frequently prices are changing. The average price of regular gasoline in New York City has risen by 35 percent this year, forcing station managers to change their price displays almost every time they get a delivery, which can be daily at some stations.</blockquote> Just in time delivery meets geological constraints. Welcome to the new world everyone. As a symbol of our entire civilization’s lack of preparation for peak oil, the NY Times brings us this classic piece on how gas stations are running out of the number 4:

With regular gas in New York City at a near-record $4.40 a gallon, station managers are rummaging through their storage closets in search of extra 4s to display on their pumps. Many are coming up short. The missing digits are an unanticipated barometer of how frequently prices are changing. The average price of regular gasoline in New York City has risen by 35 percent this year, forcing station managers to change their price displays almost every time they get a delivery, which can be daily at some stations.

Just in time delivery meets geological constraints. Welcome to the new world everyone.

]]> By: Angus Grieve-Smith http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/comment-page-1/#comment-53508 Angus Grieve-Smith Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:20:11 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/15/todays-headlines-443/#comment-53508 The "Building Blocks of Bike Language" article is weird, it acts like there's never been anything written about cyclist communication before. Hand signals are standard and <a href="http://assembly.state.ny.us/member_files/054/20050127d/" rel="nofollow">well-documented</a>. Bike bells are designed for the purpose he gives to "the yell," and more effective in my opinion - especially if it's a serious-sounding bell. "The nod" is just one way of demonstrating cyclist solidarity. The “Building Blocks of Bike Language” article is weird, it acts like there’s never been anything written about cyclist communication before. Hand signals are standard and well-documented. Bike bells are designed for the purpose he gives to “the yell,” and more effective in my opinion – especially if it’s a serious-sounding bell. “The nod” is just one way of demonstrating cyclist solidarity.

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